FOAM MADE FROM MODIFIED POLYPROPYLENE RESIN AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF
申请人:KANEGAFUCHI KAGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
公开号:EP0841354A1
公开(公告)日:1998-05-13
The present invention relates to a foamed article comprising a modified polypropylene resin which is a graft copolymer of a polypropylene resin and an aromatic vinyl monomer and has an average number of the grafted aromatic vinyl chains of not less than 1 in one molecule of the graft copolymer and a weight average molecular weight of the grafted aromatic vinyl chains of not less than 200, and relates to a process for preparation thereof. According to the present invention, the foamed article comprising the polypropylene resin and having a high closed cell content, a high expansion ratio and good external appearance can be provided.
The present invention provides a laminate in which a formed article as an adherend is adhered without impairing the external designability and touch of the formed article, and a hot-melt adhesive material which is suitable for dielectric heating that does not cause thermal damage directly to a formed article. Having reached the idea that a configuration might be useful, in which an adhesive having satisfactory adhesiveness to both metal and resin materials is laminated on a metal layer for selectively heating a hot-melt adhesive layer by dielectric heating, the present inventor has made extensive studies and found that an adhesive material in which a layer of an adhesive including a modified polyolefin resin is laminated on a metal layer, is capable of adhesion without impairing the designability of an adherend by induction heating.
Disclosed herein is a high-performance and highly-reliable solar cell module sealed with a solar cell sealing material which allows solar cell quality to be maintained over a long period of time due to its excellent water vapor barrier properties and adhesion properties and which has excellent recycle properties and module productivity. The solar cell module is sealed with a solar cell sealing material containing an epoxy-modified polyolefin resin composition obtained by introducing an epoxy group-containing monomer by a grafting reaction. The epoxy-modified polyolefin resin composition is preferably obtained by melt-kneading a polyolefin resin with an epoxy group-containing vinyl monomer and an aromatic vinyl monomer in the presence of a radical polymerization initiator.
The invention provides a carbon fiber-reinforced composite material including reinforcing fibers which are continuous carbon fibers in the form of a unidirectional (UD) material, a woven fabric, or a knitted fabric, and a matrix resin including a modified polyolefin resin, thereby achieving better adhesion and mechanical strength. The matrix resin forms a polyphase structure having a sea-island structure which has an average island (independent phase) diameter of not greater than 0.5 µm. The composite material includes as a matrix resin a modified polyolefin resin obtained by, for example, graft-modifying a polyolefin resin with a monomer that contains an ethylenic double bond and a polar group in the same molecule; and includes as reinforcing fibers continuous carbon fibers. For example, the fiber-reinforced composite material is obtained by stacking the modified polyolefin resin and carbon fibers in a mold with a predetermined shape, and impregnating the carbon fibers with the modified polyolefin resin in a molten state under pressure, followed by cooling and curing.
The invention has been made focusing on the problems of the prior art. Specifically, the invention aims to provide a hot melt adhesive film which can be used for preparing a laminate at low temperatures, has sufficient adhesion and sufficient heat resistance, and is excellent in workability. Provided is an adhesive resin composition, essentially comprising: a base resin which comprises (A) 30-90 parts by weight of a modified ethylene-olefin copolymer, and (B) 70-10 parts by weight of a styrene thermoplastic elastomer, provided that (A) + (B) equals 100 parts by weight; and (C) a tackifier in an amount of 30-60 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the base resin, the modified ethylene-olefin copolymer being one which has been graft-modified with (a) an unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof and (b) an aromatic vinyl monomer, comprises 0.1%-5% by weight of (a) the unsaturated carboxylic acid or the derivative thereof, and has a melting point peak in a range of 100-150°C with an enthalpy of crystal fusion of 0.5-10 J/g as determined by DSC.